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Its sounding like a blown head gasket. Was there a lot of white smoke coming out the exhaust with a sweet smell to it?. You could have the radiator fluid tested for carbons that indicate a bad head gasket, or do a compression test, there would be some low cylinders.

Not my truck or one that i know a ton about, my girlfriends and i have been
tinkering with it lately trying to resolve this. 180k miles. She lets it get very
low on gas regularly...clogged fuel filt...

My truck had a bad head so we replaced the head with a remanufactured one.
Now it gets hot almost as soon as it is started. And the cooling system seems
to be under pressure. We have a new thermosta...

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